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Judaism: Definition and Much More from Answers.com (6702 words) |
 | European Judaism suffered terribly during the Holocaust, when millions were put to death by the Nazis, and the rising flow of Jewish emigrants to Palestine led to the declaration of the State of Israel in 1948. |
| Judaism has seldom, if ever, been monolithic in practice (although it has always been monotheistic in theology), and differs from many religions in that its central authority is not vested in any person or group but rather in its writings and traditions. |
| Despite this, Judaism in all its variations has remained tightly bound to a number of religious principles, the most important of which is the belief that there is a single, omniscient, omnipotent, omnibenevolent, transcendent God, who created the universe and continues to be involved in its governance. |
| Wisdom Center - Got Torah? | The Chabad House at Stanford (1535 words) |
| With Torah understood in its fullest sense, this may be taken as the authentic attitude of the believing Jew to Torah. |
| Judaism maintains, as a cardinal principle in its approach to religion and to all of life, that faith and deeds are inseparable. |
| Judaism is averse to spiritual generalities, to looking for meaning in a life detached from doing, as if meaning existed as a separate entity. |
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